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Recognised as Colour

#87CAAC

  • #87CAAC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#87CAAC is a cyan with RGB values 135, 202, 172 and HSL 153°, 39%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#87CAAC#87CAAC
HEX#87CAAC
RGBrgb(135, 202, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.7922, 0.6745
RGB percentages52.9%, 79.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(153.1, 38.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.1, 33.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,899,244
CSS custom property--colour: #87CAAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#783553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C1ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCB9AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#77CAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3Light seagreen · ΔE 20.5Turquoise · ΔE 21.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA87A5
Analogous#87CA8B, #87C7CA
Triadic#AC87CA, #CAAC87
Split complementary#CA87C7, #CA8B87
Tetradic#8A87CA, #CA87A5, #C6CA87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F9F5
Lighter +20%#CEE9DD
Lighter +10%#AADAC4
Darker −10%#64BA94
Darker −20%#48A37A
Darker −30%#388060
Darker −40%#295C45
More saturated +25%#71E0AE
Less saturated −25%#9DB4AA

Channel breakdown

R135
G202
B172
Red135 (52.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue153.13°
Saturation (HSL)38.73%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G CA · B AC

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